Battle of Fort Stedman order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865) during the Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Even though the IX Corps was the principal Union participant between 4:30 and 8:00 a.m., the time period which centrally defines this Battle, desultory skirmishing was officially reported by elements of the II, V and VI Corps and produced casualties in these Corps on the day of battle. Order of battle is compiled from the official reports which observed casualties.^[1] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Military Rank Abbreviations Used

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant

Other

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed
• c = captured

Army of the Potomac

II Corps

See main article: II Corps (Union Army). MG Andrew A. Humphreys^{[2] [3]}

width=30%	Division	width=30%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division     BG Nelson A. Miles	1st Brigade  Col George W. Scott^[4]	26th Michigan: Lt Harris H. Hickock (w) 5th New Hampshire: Maj James E. Larkin 61st New York: Col George W. Scott 111th New York: Ltc Lewis W. Husk 81st Pennsylvania: Ltc William Wilson 140th Pennsylvania: Cpt Samuel S. Kerr
	2nd Brigade  Col Robert Nugent   Cpt Patrick H. Bird	28th Massachusetts: Ltc James Flemming (w) 63rd New York: Cpt William. H. Terwilliger 69th New York: Col James J. Smith 88th New York: Cpt John Smith 126th New York: Cpt I. Hart Wilder
	3rd Brigade  Col Augustus Funk	39th New York: Maj John McE. Hyde 53rd New York: Ltc Henry M. Karples
	4th Brigade  Col William M. Mintzer	53rd Pennsylvania Veterans: Col George C. Anderson 148th Pennsylvania: Cpt Alfred A. Rhinehart
Second Division [not engaged]
Third Division     Bvt MG Gershom Mott	1st Brigade   BG P. Regis De Trobriand	20th Indiana: Cpt John W. Shafer 40th New York: Ltc Madison M. Cannon 86th New York: Col Nathan H. Vincent 99th Pennsylvania: Cpt Frederick W. Lewis 110th Pennsylvania: Cpt John B. Fite
	2nd Brigade   BG Byron R. Pierce	17th Maine: Ltc William Hobson 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery: Maj Nathaniel Shatswell 5th Michigan: Col John Pulford 93rd New York: Ltc Haviland Gifford 57th Pennsylvania: Ltc Joseph H. Horton
	3rd Brigade   BG Robert McAllister	7th New Jersey: Col Francis Price 8th New Jersey: Maj Henry Hartford 11th New Jersey: Cpt Charles F. Gage 120th New York: Maj Walter F. Scott

V Corps

See main article: V Corps (Union Army). MG Gouverneur K. Warren

width=30%	Division	width=30%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division     BG Charles Griffin	1st Brigade   BG Joshua L. Chamberlain	198th Pennsylvania
	2nd Brigade [not engaged]
	3rd Brigade   BG Joseph J. Bartlett	155th Pennsylvania Infantry (Detached) 20th Maine Infantry: Ltc Walter G. Morrill 16th Michigan 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry: Col Chauncey P. Rogers 118th Pennsylvania Infantry: Ltc Henry O'Neill
Second Division [not engaged]
Third Division [not engaged]

VI Corps

See main article: VI Corps (Union Army). MG Horatio G. Wright

width=30%	Division	width=30%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division     MG Frank Wheaton	1st Brigade [not engaged]
	2nd Brigade   BG Joseph E. Hamblin	2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Col James Hubbard 65th New York Infantry: Ltc Henry C. Fisk 121st New York Infantry: Col Egbert Olcott 95th Pennsylvania Infantry: Ltc John Harper
	3rd Brigade   Col Oliver Edwards	37th Massachusetts 82nd Pennsylvania 119th Pennsylvania 2nd Rhode Island 5th Wisconsin
Second Division     BG George W. Getty	1st Brigade   Col James M. Warner	93rd Pennsylvania: Ltc David C. Keller (w)
	2nd Brigade   MG Lewis A. Grant	2nd Vermont Infantry: Ltc Amasa S. Tracy 3rd Vermont Infantry: Col Horace W. Floyd 4th Vermont Infantry: Col Horace W. Floyd 6th Vermont Infantry: Ltc Sumner H. Lincoln 10th Vermont Infantry: Ltc George B. Damon
	3rd Brigade [not engaged]
Third Division     BG Truman Seymour	1st Brigade [not engaged]
	2nd Brigade   BG J. Warren Keifer	110th Ohio: Col Otho H. Binkley 122nd Ohio: Ltc Charles M. Cornyn 126th Ohio: Ltc Thomas W. McKinnie 67th Pennsylvania: Maj William G. Williams 6th Maryland: Ltc Joseph C. Hill 9th New York Heavy Artillery: Ltc James W. Snyder

IX Corps

See main article: IX Corps (Union Army).

MG John G. Parke

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division     Bvt MG Orlando B. Willcox	1st Brigade [not engaged]
	2nd Brigade   Col Ralph Ely	1st Michigan Sharpshooters: Cpt Ira L. Evans 2nd Michigan: Cpt John C. Boughton 20th Michigan: Cpt Albert A. Day 46th New York: Ltc Adolph Becker 60th Ohio: Ltc Martin P. Avery 50th Pennsylvania: Maj Samuel K. Schwenk
	3rd Brigade   Bvt BG Napoleon B. McLaughlen (c)   Bvt Col Gilbert P. Robinson	3rd Maryland: Cpt John F. Burch 3rd Maryland Veterans: Cpt Joseph F. Carter 29th Massachusetts: Cpt John M. Deane 57th Massachusetts: Cpt James Doherty (mw), Ltc Julius M. Tucker 59th Massachusetts: Maj Ezra P. Gould 100th Pennsylvania: Ltc Joseph H. Pentecost (mw), Maj Norman J. Maxwell
	Artillery	14th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj George M. Rall
	Acting Engineers	17th Michigan Infantry: Maj Thomas Mathews
Second Division [not engaged]
Third Division     BG John F. Hartranft	1st Brigade   Col Charles W. Diven (w)   Ltc William H. H. McCall	200th Pennsylvania: Ltc William H. H. McCall 208th Pennsylvania: Ltc Mish T. Heintzelman 209th Pennsylvania: Ltc George W. Frederick
	2nd Brigade   Col Joseph A. Mathews	205th Pennsylvania: Maj B. Mortimer Morrow 207th Pennsylvania Col Robert C. Cox 211th Pennsylvania: Cpt William A. Coulter
Artillery   Bvt BG John C. Tidball    Maj Theodore Miller,    Inspector of Artillery		1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery I 1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery K 1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery L: Lt Robert Lewis Maine Light, 7th Battery: Cpt Adelbert B. Twitchell Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery Massachusetts Light, 11th Battery: Cpt Edward J. Jones Massachusetts Light, 14th Battery New Jersey Light, 3rd Battery 1st New York Light, Battery G 8th New York Heavy, Battery L: Cpt John R. Cooper 8th New York Light, Battery G New York Light, 19th Battery: Cpt Edward W. Rogers New York Light, 27th Battery: Cpt John B. Eaton New York Light, 34th Battery: Maj Jacob Roemer 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B Pennsylvania Light, Battery D: Cpt Samuel H. Rhoads 5th United States, Battery C and Battery I: Lt Valentine H. Stone

References

• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880 - 1901.

Notes and References

1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVI, Part 1, pages 70-71
2. Second Division, Cavalry Corps was also under Hancock's orders
3. The First Division under Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles manned the Petersburg trenches and did not take part in the battle (see: Hancock's report)
4. Commanding Officer of the 61st New York Infantry